Our research group addresses basic and applied questions in ecology, with a focus
on community ecology, spatial ecology, and invasion biology. The basic research aims
to isolate mechanisms and processes driving species diversity and ecosystem properties
at multiple spatial scales. The applied research uses these basic, multi-scale frameworks
to better understand the ecology of species invasions and consequences of habitat
fragmentation. In our work, we employ experimental, observational, and synthetic
approaches guided by ecological theory, with an emphasis on studies in freshwater
ecosystems.